9 Budget Halloween Decorating Ideas

Want to get the biggest boo for the buck? Here are the best Halloween products for decorating on a budget this Halloween. You can find all these Halloween favorites at party stores. Or look for great deals at online party venues.

1. Halloween Photo Ops. ($6)

Life-sized photo props look like stunning holiday posters. But kids can stick their heads inside the image for a great trick-or-treating photo opportunity. It's a budget Halloween decorating idea that adds life to your Halloween festivities.

2. Halloween scene setters ($5)

They look like giant paintings of gruesome Halloween scenes. Halloween scene setters can be six feet tall or eight feet across. Hang them over your door or the wall of your house. Or decorate inside your home to give your party the right ambiance. The three-dimensional scenes in these Halloween posters are stunning!

3. Halloween plates bunting ($6)

Printed Halloween plates can do more than decorate your party table. String them together on black ribbon to form eerie Halloween bunting for decorating your porch rail or the casing around your front door. Kids will love to help put this budget Halloween decoration together.

4. Spider webs & Confetti ($11)

Spread fake spider webs on your banister, porch stairs and anywhere trick-or-treaters might dare to walk. Then sprinkle the plastic spiders that come in the bag and add glittering Halloween confetti that will make your webs glow with spiders and skulls.

5. Halloween light strings ($20)

Since trick-or-treating takes place in the dark, Halloween light strings are a great way to decorate. You can use old Christmas light strings. Or shop for Halloween light strings in pumpkin shapes, spiders and other ghostly ghouls. For $20 your budget Halloween decorations will stand out in the dark.

6. Fog machine ($25)

For the price of one scary Halloween prop, you can buy a fog machine that will spread terror and fear around your front door. Add the howls of a Halloween CD in the background and for $25 your budget Halloween decorations will scare the stoutest teenage trick-or-treater.

7. Window decorations ($4)

With gel cling posters, you can coat your windows in ghostly Halloween scenes. And by lighting a lamp inside your home, you can make your decorated windows stand out like lanterns. At $4 a window, this budget Halloween decoration will cast a spell over your entire home.

8. Wall decoration cutouts ($4)

From haunted house scenes, to witches and goblins, Halloween cut out images come in every size and style. And all are super cheap. At around $4 each, these budget Halloween decorations are great both inside and out. Just turn on some lights around your decorations to set the scenes alive with shadows.

9. Halloween balloons ($3)

Black latex skeleton balloons come in a pack of twenty, a budget friendly way to decorate for Halloween both indoors and out. You can use the store's service to inflate the balloons with helium. Or fill the balloons with air yourself and hang them from your porch eaves or over your front door.

Combine these budget Halloween decorating ideas for greater savings. Then store away your holiday decor for next year and spend nothing in 2012.

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